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The Police Commission heard testimony from SFPD Chief Bill Scott about arrests at protests against police brutality triggered by the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The Chief's testimony was contradicted by local journalists, protesters, and bystanders. [1]
July 2020: Amid widespread protests and riots to abolish the San Francisco Police Department, Police Chief Bill Scott reveals that barely any of the reforms mandated by the Dept. of Justice in 2016 have been completed. SFPD hired a multimillion dollar consultant for help making progress.
"We want to highlight the good work that is being done, and let the public know how hard we are working to make sure that we keep San Francisco a safe city," SFPD Chief Bill Scott said.
The San Francisco Police Department is led by a Chief of Police who is appointed by the Mayor of San Francisco. The chief works with two assistant chiefs and five deputy chiefs directing the six bureaus: Administration, Airport, Chief of Staff, Field Operations, Professional Standards and Principled Policing and Special Operations, as well as ...
The city of San Francisco is trying to change the public’s perception of criminals by introducing new language to refer to someone who committed a crime.
Fajitagate was a series of legal and political incidents in San Francisco that began with a street fight outside a neighborhood bar between three off-duty San Francisco Police officers and two other local residents over a bag of fajitas, leading to numerous civil and criminal complaints, police misconduct allegations and eventually, the resignation of the city's Chief of Police and Deputy ...
Jeffrey Scott Smith Jr., 35, is facing up to 40 years in prison after a jury found him guilty this week of a civil rights violation involving sexual assault, top Justice officials said.
The Castro Sweep was a police riot that occurred in the Castro District of San Francisco on the evening of October 6, 1989. The riot, by about 200 members of the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD), followed a protest held by ACT UP, a militant direct action group responding to the concerns of people with AIDS.